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Download full textPare, Joan – 1992
Both the literature and common beliefs suggest that unemployment increases family stress and child abuse. To test this idea, data were collected on monthly unemployment rate and number of child abuse complaints during 1978-91 in a rural county in the northwestern United States dependent on the lumber industry. Unexpectedly, the data showed that…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Employment Patterns, Family Life, Leisure Time
